The Trinity Mountains are a subrange of the
Klamath Mountains
The Klamath Mountains are a rugged and lightly populated mountain range in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the western United States. As a mountain system within both the greater Pacific Coast Ranges and the California Coast R ...
, one of the ranges within the California Coast Ranges and part the greater Pacific Coast Ranges, the coastal mountain system extending from Mexico to Alaska. The Trinity Mountains subrange rises in
Siskiyou County and eastern
Trinity County, Northern
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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They are protected within the
Shasta–Trinity National Forest.
Geography
The Trinity Mountains run in a southwest-northeasterly direction for . The subrange runs between
Trinity Lake and
Lake Shasta, around northwest of
Redding.
Peaks of the Trinity Mountains rise to elevations of in the southwest, and to more than in the northeast.
Mount Eddy
Mount Eddy is the highest peak of the Trinity Mountains, a mountain range of the Klamath Mountains System, located in Siskiyou County, and Trinity County in northern California.
The mountain is in the Mount Eddy RNA, a Research Natural Area ...
is the highest peak, at 9,037 ft (2,754 m), and is the highest point of the northern segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges within the lower forty-eight states.
Recreation
Places for outdoor recreation in the Trinity Mountains and their foothills include:
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Box Canyon Dam and Reservoir — trails + camping.
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Castle Crags State Park
Castle Crags is a dramatic and well-known Rock formations in the United States, rock formation in Northern California. Elevations range from along the Sacramento River near the base of the crags, to over at the summit of the tallest crag.
Lo ...
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Castle Crags Wilderness Area
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Castle Lake
* Chapple-Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle Area.
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Clear Creek
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Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
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Lewiston Lake reservoir area, in the Trinity Unit.
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Shasta Lake reservoir area, in the Shasta Unit.
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Trinity Lake reservoir area, in the Trinity Unit.
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Whiskeytown Lake reservoir area, in the Whiskeytown Unit.
Natural history
The Trinity Mountains contain significant forested areas, including stands of
Black Oak (''Quercus kelloggii''),
Blue Oak (''Quercus douglasii'') and
Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii''). The ''Quercus douglasii'' occurrences are a disjunctive population of this California
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
tree species.
[C. Michael Hogan. 2008]
''Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
See also
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References
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External links
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Mountain ranges of Siskiyou County, California
Mountain ranges of Trinity County, California
Klamath Mountains
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
California Coast Ranges
Mountain ranges of Northern California
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